We cannot be in the enjoyment of our heavenly blessings until we have given up looking for rest here. Until we are made willing to accept the wilderness, we will not cross the Jordan into Canaan to find our delights there (Josh. 1-5; Eph. 1-3; 1 Cor. 2:6-16). How blessed to know that the way has been opened up for us through the death of Christ the true Ark, and that as dead and risen with Him we can enjoy life in association with Him on the resurrection side of death before His Father and His God (Col. 3:1-3). How blessed to remember the Lord in His death in the consciousness of all that His death has accomplished for us!